MIDDLE SCHOOL Activities

Coaches will teach both individual and team skills and strategies throughout the season. Students will be mentored in their approach to work ethic, commitment, sportsmanship, and leadership while playing the respective sport. Games/matches can be expected throughout the season but generally one game/match per week.

Drama (fall/spring): Students rehearse and perform a play onstage. Fall shows are performed in our Wyckoff Family Black Box Theater, while spring shows are presented in the Seldin Performing Arts Center.

Equipment Needed: Comfortable clothes

Musical Production (winter only): Students rehearse and perform a fully-realized stage Musical in the Seldin Performing Arts Center.

Equipment Needed: Comfortable clothes

Technical Theater (7-8 only): Students in technical theater support MS Drama and the Musical production in many ways including constructing set pieces, costumes, and props. They learn about lighting, sound design, and stage management by working backstage. Screw guns and hand tools are used along with computerized lighting equipment and advanced sound equipment. Middle School technical theatre students often work alongside Upper School students to support both productions.

Equipment Needed: Old clothes (including shoes) that can get painted, hair ties for long hair.

Baseball: cleats/sneakers, glove, bat, helmet

Basketball: sneakers

Cross Country: sneakers, seasonal clothing

Field Hockey: cleats/sneakers, shin guards, mouth guard, eye protection, field hockey stick

Flag Football: cleats/sneakers, mouth guard

Ice Hockey: skates, girdle, shoulder pads, elbow pads, shin pads and a mouth guard

Indoor Tennis: sneakers, racquet

Lacrosse: cleats/sneakers, stick, mouth guard, protective equipment

Ski Team: when on the mountain they will need skies, boots, poles and a racing helmet

Soccer: cleats/sneakers, shin guards

Softball: cleats/sneakers, glove, bat

Squash: sneakers (non-marking), racquet, eye protection, appropriate clothing

Volleyball: sneakers, knee pads

Tennis: sneakers, racquet, early spring clothing

MS Art Club

Description:

Equipment Needed: no special equipment

Flag Football: is a non contact alternative to tackle football. Players will learn the fundamentals of football formations and plays that will be able to transition to tackle football when in high school. There will be several 7 v 7 games throughout the season versus other independent schools.

Ski Team (8th grade only): is an upper school program that meets 2 days a week at SLS for dryland training and 2 days a week at Mt. Southington for regular ski practice and meets. When the team is at Southington their return time to SLS is 8:30 p.m. in the evenings. The team competes in the Connecticut Interscholastic Ski League with public and private schools. There is an additional fee with this program.

Squash (Intramurals: fall/spring, competitive: winter): The fall/spring Intramural squash activity does not include interscholastic competition. During this time, players learn the fundamentals of play via group lessons and play. Signing up for the fall/spring squash activity is not a prerequisite for being on the school team in the winter. During the winter season, tryouts will be held to determine the competitive roster.

Yoga is both an upper and middle school activity and will be offered when we have a large enough group signed-up for the activity. Instructor Julie Santomero leads the students with introductory yoga exercises 4 afternoons per week.

Equipment Needed: Comfortable attire. Yoga mats are provided.

Blues Band (fall)

Description: Are you ready to rock!! Students will create, rehearse, and perform a 70 minute rock concert in the Seldin Performing Arts Center in November. Looking for guitar and bass players, drummers, instrumentalists, keyboardists, and singers.

Equipment Needed: no special equipment

Music Club (winter/spring)

Description: Students will develop music activities depending on their interests/goals. Students can write music, practice their instruments, and/or listen/analyze music.

Equipment Needed: no special equipment

Debate Club

Description:

Equipment Needed: no special equipment

Makers Club

Description:

Equipment Needed: designLab materials are provided for prototyping.